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How Strong Is a Covalent Bond?
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The rupture force of single covalent bonds under an external load was measured with an atomic force microscope (AFM). Single polysaccharide molecules were covalently anchored between a surface and an AFM tip and then stretched until they became detached. By using different surface chemistries for the attachment, it was found that the silicon-carbon bond ruptured at 2.0 ± 0.3 nanonewtons, whereas the sulfur-gold anchor ruptured at 1.4 ± 0.3 nanonewtons at force-loading rates of 10 nanonewtons per second. Bond rupture probability calculations that were based on density functional theory corroborate the measured values.
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- Authors
- Grandbois, M., Beyer, M., Rief, M., Clausen-Schaumann, H., & Gaub, H. E.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1999-03-12
- Volume
- 283
- Issue
- 5408
- Pages
- 1727-1730
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2047060525
- Cited by
- 1,095
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 22.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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